Cordia School

Set in Hazard, Kentucky, Cordia School is an average-sized multi-level school, operated by Knott County. It caters to 185 students across grades pre-K through 12.

Knott County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,048 students. Cordia School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Cordia School logs that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Knott County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Cordia School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Knott County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cordia School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 47.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Knott County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $41,761 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Cordia School is one of 8 public schools in Knott County (combined enrollment of about 2,048 students).

Nearest neighbor: Emmalena Elementary School, around 4.5 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cordia School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cordia School's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 226 (now 185). White enrollment moved from 92% to 96% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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